by Erin McCune | Jun 2, 2015
At Glenbrook we take pride in, and place great importance on, our historical focus on end users: consumers, enterprises and small businesses that make and receive payments. Recently, we’ve been working with and thinking about billers – the unsung masters of payments...
by Carol Coye Benson | Sep 11, 2014
I was delighted and fascinated to see that the Gates Foundation has issued a “Grand Challenge” on enabling universal acceptance of mobile money payments. The Foundation’s previous best-known challenges have been in healthcare, notably for toilets and condoms, so this...
by Carol Coye Benson | Apr 8, 2013
As I read about mobile payments, it always entertains me when relatively green journalists make references to using mobile phones rather than payment cards to make purchases. Typically, they are confusing the instrument (the phone, the plastic) and the system: after...
by formadaadmin | Apr 8, 2012
Two related announcements out of Canada work to reduce currency in circulation. Last week the Canadian government announced the demise of the penny. The cost to produce a penny has surpassed its value. The coins in circulation will still be considered legal tender...
by Russ Jones | Jan 11, 2012
Over the winter break, Verizon announced (and then retracted) that it would begin to charge customers a $2.00 convenience fee in 2012 to pay their monthly bill online or over the phone — except in a multitude of cases “where the fee is waived or where no...
